§ 3201-b. Denial of a free public education prohibited; additional\nprohibited practices. 1. For purposes of this section, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "School" includes a school district, public school, charter\nschool, board of cooperative educational services, special act school\ndistrict as defined in section four thousand one of this chapter, or\nstate-operated school. For the purposes of subdivisions three through\neleven of this section, school also includes universal pre-kindergarten\nprograms authorized under this chapter that are operated by schools on\nschool property.\n (b) "School property" means: in or within any building, structure,\nathletic playing field, playground, parking lot, or land contained\nwithin the real property boundary line of a school; or in or on a school\nbus, as defined in section one hundred forty-two of the vehicle and\ntraffic law.\n (c) "School function" means a school sponsored event or activity,\nincluding if such event or activity occurs outside of school property.\n (d) "Immigration authority" has the same meaning as such term is\ndefined in section three hundred nineteen of the executive law.\n (e) "Immigration enforcement" has the same meaning as such term is\ndefined in section three hundred nineteen of the executive law.\n (f) "Child" means a person entitled to attend the public schools of\nthis state under section three thousand two hundred two of this part.\n (g) "School personnel" means any employee, agent, officer, or school\nresource officer of a school or any volunteer or employee of any firm,\ncorporation, institution, or governmental agency who works on school\nproperty.\n (h) "School resource officer" means a school resource officer, school\nsafety officer, school security official, or any other substantially\nsimilar position or office whose purpose is to provide improved public\nsafety and/or security on school property.\n (i) "Immigration detainer" means any document, form, or other\ncommunication requesting or directing that a school or school personnel\ndetain or maintain custody of an individual, for any period of time, for\npickup by or transfer to immigration authorities.\n (j) "Civil immigration warrant" means any warrant for a violation of\ncivil immigration law that is not issued by a judge appointed pursuant\nto Article III of the United States Constitution or a federal magistrate\njudge appointed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 631.\n (k) "Municipal government" means a municipal corporation or a\ngoverning board as defined in section two of the general municipal law.\n 2. (a) No child shall be denied a free public education.\nNotwithstanding any general, special or local law, rule or regulation of\nthe education department to the contrary, no child shall be refused\nadmission into, be deterred from participation in, have their admission\ndelayed to, or be excluded from any school in the state of New York on\naccount of such child's perceived or actual citizenship or immigration\nstatus or the perceived or actual citizenship or immigration status of a\nperson in a parental relationship to such child.\n (b) No school or school personnel shall undertake any action or use\nany policies that have the intent or effect of deterring a student from\nparticipation in or denying a student the benefits of any program or\nactivity on account of such student's perceived or actual citizenship or\nimmigration status or the perceived or actual citizenship or immigration\nstatus of a person in a parental relationship to such student.\n (c) No school or school personnel shall use policies or procedures or\nengage in practices that have the intent or effect of excluding\nparticipation of a person in a parental relationship to a student from\nparental engagement activities or programs on account of their perceived\nor actual citizenship or immigration status.\n 3. No school or school personnel shall:\n (a) use school resources, including, b
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